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1973 Washington

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Pac-8), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1973, game by game: lost vs. Hawai’i 7–10; lost at Duke 21–23; won vs. Syracuse 21–7; lost at California 49–54; lost vs. Oregon State 7–31; lost vs. Stanford 14–23; lost at Oregon 0–58; lost at No. 10 UCLA 13–62; won vs. Idaho 41–14; lost vs. No. 9 USC 19–42; lost vs. Washington State 26–52+27−58Lost 7–10 vs. Hawai’i-3Hawai’iLost 21–23 at Duke-2DukeWon 21–7 vs. Syracuse+14SyracuseLost 49–54 at California-5CaliforniaLost 7–31 vs. Oregon State-24Oregon StateLost 14–23 vs. Stanford-9StanfordLost 0–58 at Oregon-58OregonLost 13–62 at No. 10 UCLA-49No. 10 UCLAWon 41–14 vs. Idaho+27IdahoLost 19–42 vs. No. 9 USC-23No. 9 USCLost 26–52 vs. Washington State-26Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsHawai’iL 7–⁠1086%
Sep 22atDukeL 21–⁠2349%
Sep 29vsSyracuseW 21–⁠773%
Oct 6atCaliforniaL 49–⁠5453%
Oct 13vsOregon StateL 7–⁠3177%
Oct 20vsStanfordL 14–⁠2347%
Oct 27atOregonL 0–⁠5841%
Nov 3at10UCLAL 13–⁠6213%
Nov 10vsIdahoW 41–⁠1474%
Nov 17vs9USCL 19–⁠4217%
Nov 24vsWashington StateL 26–⁠5245%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 52–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠376
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1378 −185 this season
SP+ rating
-19.1 No. 109 of 123; offense No. 59, defense No. 121
SRS
−8.2 No. 88 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Andrilenas, Butch Keenan, Joe Tabor and John Whitacre
Most valuable player
Dave Pear

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠09–⁠2–⁠18
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠212
Stanford5–⁠27–⁠4
Washington State4–⁠35–⁠6
California2–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠9
Oregon State2–⁠52–⁠9
Washington0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.